Pump Screen Repair

Here at Bully Pulpit, we have a very unique irrigation system. We pump all of our water out of the Little Missouri River into two ponds that we use throughout the year. The water in the "Little Mo" is extremely dirty, which causes alot of problems with our pump screen. Today, we had to pull out the screen and make some repairs. Caked onto the screen was a great deal of mud and vegetation (and about half a dozen catfish.) We had to completely scrap one half of it and build a new half using a sturdier, more rigid mesh hoping that helps in the future. We also welded on a 2 "feet" on opposite ends of the screen to prevent the screen from sitting on the floor and collecting sand and gravel.